Description
During the ICAO High-level Safety Conference 2010 the development of an Annex dedicated to Safety Management was proposed. The benefits identified of this approach included:
Address safety risks proactively;
Manage and support strategic regulatory and infrastructure developments;
Re-enforce the role played by the State in managing safety at the State level, in coordination with service providers;
Stress the concept of overall safety performance in all domains.
Summary of Annex 19
The new First Edition of the new Annex becomes applicable on 14 November 2013. All of the safety management provisions in Annex 19 except those listed below have been transferred or duplicated from safety management provisions previously contained in six other Annexes. The new provisions are as follows:
The Safety Management System (SMS) framework now applies to organisations responsible for the type design and manufacture of aircraft
The four existing components of the State Safety Programme (SSP) framework - Safety Policy and Objectives, Risk Management, Safety Assurance and Safety Promotion are raised to the status of Standards
The State Safety Oversight System is now applicable to the oversight of all product and service providers
Safety Data Collection Analysis and Exchange becomes part of the SSP
The new Annex also replicates Attachment ‘E’ to Annex 14 “Legal Guidance for the Protection of Safety Information from Safety Data” as Attachment ‘B’